Ram Madhav Age, Caste, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Varanasi Ram Madhav
Profession(s)	• Politician • Author • Columnist • Song writer
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 10" (178 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Politics
Political Party	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (2014-Present)
Political Journey	• Joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (2014) • Served as a General Secretary of BJP (2014-2020) • Election in-charge for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election (20 August 2024)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	22 August 1964 (Saturday)
Age (as of 2024)	60 Years
Birthplace	Amalapuram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Zodiac sign	Leo
Signature
Nationality	Indian
College/University	• A university in Andhra Pradesh • University of Mysore, Karnataka • Nalanda University, Bihar
Educational Qualification(s)	• Diploma in Electrical Engineering from a university in Andhra Pradesh • Master of Arts (M.A) in Political Science from the Mysore University • Doctorate of Philosophy from the Nalanda University
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Brahmin
Food Habit	Vegetarian
Controversies	• Remarks against the Vice President and RSTV on Yoga Day On 21 June 2015, he took to his X (formerly Twitter) account to question the absence of then Vice-President of India, Hamid Ansari, on the Yoga Day while also accusing Rajya Sabha TV of blacking out the events of the Yoga Day. His accusation against the Rajya Sabha TV later turned out to be false after social media users posted screenshots of the Rajya Sabha TV's display of Yoga Day events. He later apologised on X for his remarks on Hamid Ansari and claimed his absence was due to his illness. Vice President's office later released a statement claiming that he wasn't invited on the Yoga Day. Later, Ram Madhav deleted all his statements from X. • Controversial remarks during an interview In 2015, during one of Al Jazeera's show, 'Head to Head' with journalist Mehdi Hasan, he replied to one of the questions by saying 'your ISIS,' a phrase which was received negatively by the studio audience. Later, he clarified that it was just a slip of the tongue.
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • Twitter
Family
Parents	Father- Surya Narayan (Jan Sangh worker) Mother- Janaki Devi (Died on 16 May 2018 due to illness; Jan Sangh worker)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ram Madhav

• He has been a member of RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) since childhood.

• He was named after the second Sarsanghchalak of the RSS, M. S. Golwalkar,

• He became a full-time worker for RSS in 1981 and has served as its national executive member since 1984.

• He served as the governing council member of the India Foundation, an independent political research centre, from July 2009 to August 2023. In May 2023, he became the President of the organisation.

• He has worked as an editor of a monthly English magazine, Pragna Bharatiya, and as an associate editor of a Telugu weekly magazine, Jagriti.

• He has written several books in Telugu and English, including ‘The Indian Reality: Changing Narratives, Shifting Perceptions’ (2023), ‘Partitioned Freedom’ (2022), and ‘The Hindutva Paradigm – Integral Humanism and the Quest for a NonWestern Worldview'(2021).
  

  Ram Madhav (centre) at the launch of his book, Partitioned Freedom

• He regularly contributes articles and columns to newspapers and magazines, including The Indian Express, Hindustan Times, and Open magazine.

• He serves as a mentor at Vision India Foundation, a New Delhi–based organisation that works on building leadership abilities amongst youth.

• He served as the national spokesperson of the RSS from 2003 to 2014.

• He was in charge of media and public relations for the RSS before joining BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) in 2014.

• He has helped organise programs such as the Madison Square Garden event and the Howdy Modi event in America that have served to help increase the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the global stage.

• He is credited with bringing the BJP to Jammu and Kashmir by joining hands with the PDP (Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party) in 2015.

• During his tenure in BJP from 2014 to 2020, he handled the political affairs of Jammu & Kashmir, Assam and various North-Eastern states of India.

• He helped the BJP join the International Democracy Union, a group of centre-right parties from more than 60 countries, on 26 February 2016.

• In 2016, he criticised actor Aamir Khan for his controversial remarks that his wife thought of leaving India due to the fear of growing intolerance while addressing students of SGTB Khalsa College in Delhi.

• He has written several songs for the RSS.

• In 2020, he took to social media to post a Telugu song that he had written on 6 December 1992, during the demolition of the Babri Masjid.
  

  Song written by Ram Madhav

• He has served as the curator of global initiatives including the Dharma Dhamma Conference, ASEAN-India Youth Summit, and the Counter-Terrorism Conference.

• In March 2021, he became the Akhil Bharatiya Karyakarini Sadasya of RSS.

• In 2022, he attended the 10th round of the Indo-Bangladesh Friendship Dialogue.
  

  Ram Madhav (right) during the Indo-Bangladesh Friendship Dialogue

• He played a major role in making the Religion-20 Forum (R20) as part of the G20 in 2022.
  

  Ram Madhav (right) during the R20 meet

• In 2024, he was appointed as the Election in charge of BJP for the first assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370.

• He performs yoga regularly to keep himself healthy.
  

  Ram Madhav during his yoga session

• He is an animal lover and owns two dogs which are pugs.
  

  Ram Madhav’s dogs